Bathe

[beɪð] or [beð]

Definition

(noun.) the act of swimming; 'the Englishman said he had a good bathe'.

(verb.) cleanse the entire body; 'bathe daily'.

(verb.) clean one's body by immersion into water; 'The child should bathe every day'.

(verb.) suffuse with or as if with light; 'The room was bathed in sunlight'.

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Definition

(v. t.) To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

(v. t.) To lave; to wet.

(v. t.) To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.

(v. t.) To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor.

(v. t.) To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed.

(v. i.) To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.

(v. i.) To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.

(v. i.) To bask in the sun.

(n.) The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Wash, lave.

v. n. Wash the body, go into a bath, take a bath.

Inputed by Alex

Definition

v.t. to wash as in a bath: to wash or moisten with any liquid: to moisten suffuse encompass.—v.i. to take a bath.—n. the act of taking a bath.—ns. Bath′ing-box a box for bathers to undress and dress in; Bath′ing-machine′ a small carriage in which a bather may be carried out into water conveniently deep for bathing.

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Examples

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